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We’ve been fortunate to travel to a lot of really cool destinations. But Hawaii has always been at the top of our list. This was a really special trip because we went with a large group of family members. Because we had children in tow, we made sure our vacation was packed with kid friendly […]
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Recently, there have been more than a few articles going around that are things like “Rules For My Son” and “31 Life Lessons I Want My Daughter to Know”. But why are they different? Should my daughter not know the importance of shaking one’s hand? Or my son not love unconditionally? This is not a
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Avid runners and huge Disney fans are we at Bottles and Banter. So we must have done a runDisney event, right? That would seemingly be the convergence of all things running and Disney. But we’ve yet to make that pilgrimage. So we talked to our friend Mike (the co-founder of Casual-Runner.com) all about what makes
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How We Threw a Flamingo First Birthday Party! I can’t believe when we first started Bottles & Banter, Olivia wasn’t even born yet. And now she’s one year old! Everyone and their brother tells you time flies, but it really does – it’s crazy! Olivia seems to reach a new milestone and do something
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Working Parents: You know the drill. You get ready for work. Then you take the kids to daycare. You go to work. You pick the kids up from daycare. Once you get home you make some dinner. Then you get the kids ready for bed. And once they fall asleep, you are too tired to
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You might find that work, parenting, sleeping, and other obligations keep you from getting on Twitter as much as you’d really like to during the week. And that’s ok – it’s what we’re here for. Here are our 10 favorite Tweets this week that tell it like it is when it comes to family life. We’ve
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Guys, let’s level here. Getting pregnant is super easy. I mean, all it takes is sperm meeting the egg, politely introducing itself, and calling it a day. Provided it’s right at the exact time during your partner’s cycle. And the hormones levels are where they need to be, the uterine lining is optimal, and, frankly,
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You might find that work, parenting, sleeping, and other obligations keep you from getting on Twitter as much as you’d really like to during the week. And that’s ok – it’s what we’re here for. Here are our 10 favorite Tweets this week that tell it like it is when it comes to parenting. 1. Glamorous,
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Packing light while traveling with baby. Is that a thing? Before Olivia was born and while I was pregnant, many people told us to “get our traveling in now because we won’t be able to later”. In her first 9 months, she’s been on something like 30 flight segments (Yes, we counted. Yes, Nick made
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You might find that work, parenting, sleeping, and other obligations keep you from getting on Twitter as much as you’d really like to. And that’s ok – it’s what we’re here for. Here are our 15 favorite Tweets that tell it like it is when it comes to parenting. 15. Dad’s ALWAYS know how to
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